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Design of a multicentre randomized trial to evaluate CT colonography versus colonoscopy or barium enema for diagnosis of colonic cancer in older symptomatic patients: The SIGGAR study

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The standard whole-colon tests used to investigate patients with symptoms of colorectal cancer are barium enema and colonoscopy. Colonoscopy is the reference test but is technically difficult, resource intensive, and associated with adverse events, especially in the elderly. Bar...

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Autores principales: Halligan, Steve, Lilford, Richard J, Wardle, Jane, Morton, Dion, Rogers, Pauline, Wooldrage, Katherine, Edwards, Rob, Kanani, Reshma, Shah, Urvi, Atkin, Wendy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-8-32